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Tui Bromley
The West Coast rugby team ended
a disappointing 2014 Heartland
Championship on a high on
Saturday, beating the Thames Valley
Swamp Foxes 27-22, at Rugby Park,
Greymouth.
It was just West Coast ’s second win
of the championship, but it lifted them
to third last on the ladder ahead of
Wairarapa Bush (one win) and East
Coast (none).
Buller, winning all eight games,
topped the table from Poverty Bay,
Mid-Canterbury and Horowhenua
Kapiti — and this quartet will play off
for the Meads Cup.
The second tier for the Lochore
Cup is made up of King Country,
South Canterbury, North Otago and
Whanganui, which finished on the
same points as Thames Valley (17)
but had a slightly better points
differential.
West Coast wing Regan Stanton
easily had his best game in the Coast
jersey on Saturday and was a beacon
of light on an other wise disappointing
match for the Rugby Park faithful at
Greymouth.
West Coast won, but not in style,
and at times it looked as if they were
trying their best to lose it. Penalty
kicks that would have usually earned
three certain points off the boot of
Tim Priest were ignored in favour
of short lineouts or quick taps that
brought no reward, and Coast ’s
frustrating penchant for switching off
immediately after scoring was again
severely punished as Thames Valley
scored twice from restarts that the
Coast players, still patting themselves
on the back, should have controlled
with ease.
Referee Liam Scanlon was a breath
of fresh air — until the game, through
no fault of his, degenerated into a
stop-start, error-filled second half.
It was three and a half minutes after
he first blew the whistle to signal the
start of that game before Scanlon
was again forced to blow it, the ref
showing a clear intention to let the
game flow if the players were up to
it. Unfortunately, they were, in most
cases, unable to produce the skills
required to keep the ball alive.
The puzzling aspect for fans was that
it did not matter if West Coast won by
1000 points, they were never going to
push their way into the top eight, so
it just made no sense to chance their
arms when easy points were on offer.
Coast fullback Josh Costello
defended well and ran the ball back
hard at the opposition but never — not
once — passed the ball when he had
ample opportunity on several occasions
to set the dangerous Stanton away.
By contrast, usual fullback Jason
Wright, playing on the wing, after
making a spectacular long-range break
down the right flank, chose not to take
the ball into contact but instead veered
in-field to link up with Stanton, who
capped the move with a try in the left
corner.
Substitute halfback Jarrod Ferguson
was also a breath of fresh air because
he was prepared to break from the base
of a Coast scrum, which had the edge
over the Thames Valley eight.
Thames Valley’s first-five David
Harrison put first points on the board
with a penalty, but West Coast ignored
three similar kicking chances before
persistence paid off and concerted
play from the for wards created an
opportunity for Sean McClure to slice
through the defensive line and score.
Priest converted to put his side up 7-3,
but only for a matter or seconds.
Coast lock Kalave Aualitia spilled an
innocuous looking kick-off, which was
snapped up Harrison who put second-
five Joe Murray over right under the
posts and then convert, 10-7 .
A sweeping long range Coast attack
was thwarted when Stanton was held
up over the line but an even more
impressive move brought rewards
when Alan Monk stole the ball in
contact and transferred it to Rowan
O’Gorman before Wright dashed
down his wing before heading in-field
to put Stanton away, with a long pin-
point pass on the other side.
Priest could not convert but Coast
was in a brief purple patch and
Stanton was again held up on the line
before Andrew Connors finally crossed
after Costello made good ground from
a quick throw in from Stanton —
17-10 .
Coast ’s failure to control kick-offs
again came back to haunt them when
Thames Valley won the restart and
scored in the corner to drag the margin
back to 17-15 at the break.
The second half degenerated into the
worst second 40 of the representative
season, Stanton and Wright being the
only Coast players to shine.
Coast skipper Troy Tauwhare set the
tone with a woeful attempt at a tackle
that enabled Thames centre Jason
Laurich to slice through and score.
Harrison converted but Valley ’s 22-17
lead was cut back when Stanton again
scored and Priest converted from the
sideline, 24-22 .
A Priest penalty widened the gap to
27-22 with three minutes to go but
they were tense times for Coast fans
because the opposition again won the
kick-off, Sean Loveday dropping the
ball, and Valley pounded the Coast
line until prop Lolesio Lavea won
his team a defensive penalty which
signalled the end of the game and, the
season.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Patrick McKendry
Auckland
Aaron Cruden has done
his time — he will travel
to Brisbane with the rest
of the All Blacks this
afternoon for Saturday ’s
test against the Wallabies
— but his discomfort of
being on the outer for
the last two tests could
continue.
The All Blacks coaches
have been happy with
Beauden Barrett ’s
performances in the tests
against Argentina in
Buenos Aires and South
Africa in Johannesburg
in Cruden’s absence after
the Chiefs first-five was
dropped for his poor
time-keeping.
Barrett has played
with confidence and
vision to go along with
his trademark speed
and explosiveness, and
his goalkicking has also
improved massively since
his off night against the
Pumas in Napier last
month. Since then he has
kicked 10 out of 11 shots
at goal.
He, along with Colin
Slade could be the
coaches’ preferred choices
at first-five to take on an
imploding Australia at
Suncorp Stadium in the
third Bledisloe Cup test
which is meaningless as
far as the old trophy is
concerned but still has
plenty of significance
for both teams. The
All Blacks will want to
bounce back in style from
their 27-25 defeat to the
Boks at Ellis Park, only
the second loss under
Steve Hansen’s reign, and
there will be pressure on
the Wallabies and coach
Ewen McKenzie to
respond from the Kurtley
Beale drama which seems
to get murkier every day.
All Blacks assistant
coach Ian Foster hinted
yesterday that Cruden
had a fight on his hands
to win back the No 10
jersey this week and
Slade’s attitude and
adaptability could get
him the job of back-up.
“As far as we’re
concerned he (Cruden)
has done his time so
we move on, but the
thing is in the All Black
environment it ’s one
thing to do your time but
you also give someone
else an opportunity,”
Foster said on Radio
Sport.
“Beaudy has had a
couple of starts and we
think he’s done a pretty
good job of it so Aaron
is going to have to
come in and train well
and train hard and just
knuckle down and get
back into the system.
And I’m sure that Beaudy
will be pretty keen on
progressing on the two
starts that he’s had so it ’s
going to be pretty good
competition, and I’d also
add the likes of Sladey
has been very impressive
in our environment. I’ve
been very impressed with
how he’s settled in and
handled a lot of different
jobs. He’s got a skill-set
that also complements
Beaudy and Aaron in
terms of off the bench. ”
Cruden will always
going to struggle to find
a place on the bench
because the selectors see
him purely as a starting
No 10, a specialist who
sets the tone of a test. He
does not have the impact
value of Barrett or Slade,
both of whom can play at
fullback, with the latter
also capable of playing
on the wing. At Ellis
Park Slade also did a
reasonable job at halfback
in the latter stages
following Tawera Kerr-
Barlow ’s knee injury.
Foster added that
Cruden had learned his
lesson in failing to make
the meeting before the
flight to Argentina three
weeks ago, but now it was
a matter of catching up.
“He hasn’t played a
game of rugby for three
or four weeks so there’s
the physical side of it and
the mental side. He has
to come to terms with
what we’ve actually done
for the last couple of test
matches since he’s been
away. He’ll go back to a
learning cur ve.”
— APNZ
Auckland
Wigan prop Ben Flower faces
a lengthy ban from league for his
brutal attack on New Zealander
Lance Hohaia in the final at
Old Trafford yesterday.
Hohaia was being monitored as
he recovered from a brutal act of
on-field violence in his St Helens
side’s 14-6 Super League final win
over Wigan.
The 31-year-old former Warriors
and Kiwis utility was punched to
the ground by Wigan prop Ben
Flower in just the second minute of
play yesterday, before the Welshman
kneeled over him and followed up
with a second blow direct to the
face.
Flower was sent off immediately,
leaving his side a man down for the
remaining 78 minutes, while Hohaia
was unable to take any further part
in the match.
After the match, Hohaia told
journalists he did not hold a grudge
against Flowers.
“I don’t remember the incident,”
he said.
“People have told me what
happened, I guess I was hit around
the head somewhere. Sometimes
these things happen in the game. In
the heat of the moment, people do
some things they regret. I’ve done
some silly things on the field myself
so I don’t hold any grudges against
Ben.”
Lance’s father, Rex Hohaia, was
watching the game with his wife
Jennifer at their home in Huntly.
“I wouldn’t say he’s okay, obviously
they ’ll have to monitor him tonight,”
he said. “I did talk to him after the
game and he did sound reasonably
chirpy again. Obviously when you
win a premiership it tends to make
you chirpy and happy no matter
what physical pain you’re suffering.
He’s indicated to me that he’s okay
but he’s 12,000 miles away so okay
could mean anything. Obviously as
a parent you’re concerned and being
this far away there’s not a hell of a
lot you can do. You just sort of have
a sick feeling inside.
“I have spoken to him and I did
see him on the screen and he seemed
to be smiling with a broken nose or
swollen face but other than that I
don’t want to say too much because
it might pre-empt what might
happen.”
Younger son Royce was at the
match at Manchester’s Old Trafford,
and quickly rushed from his seat
to check on Lance as he received
medical attention in the changing
sheds.
“I did know he wasn’t coming back
on (to the field) because Royce had
been down to the changing rooms.
He shot down to see Lance. ”
The phone had been ringing hot
with friends and family members
calling to check on Lance’s
condition. “I’ve had a few people
call and ask after his health and I’ve
told them he’s as okay as you can be
in these situations. I mean, people
can die from one punch. I know the
Mad Butcher quite well and he rings
up, saying “what ’s going on, mate?”
and I told him “he’s not coming
back on, Butch”.
Rex Hohaia was pleased to see his
son achieve premiership success after
missed chances with the Warriors
in their grand final appearances in
2002 and 2011.
“ We were hoping third time lucky,
that he’d pull it off, because he had
already played in two grand finals
back over here. He picked up a
World Cup winner’s medal (2008)
so now he’s got the grand final ring.
I’m not sure how much it’s worth
but it looks pretty valuable.”
Overnight Flower apologised
to Hohaia, saying there was “no
defence” for the way he had behaved.
“I firstly offer my apologies to
Lance. I have full respect for him
and have never gone onto a rugby
field to injure a fellow player. I hope
he is okay,” he said in a statement
released by Wigan
“I am so sorry for what happened
on Saturday night. There is no
defence for my actions. It was
something that happened in the heat
of the moment when our emotions
and adrenaline were running high.
“I instantly regretted it and am
devastated that I allowed myself to
punch someone like this.”
— APNZ
Viv Logie
Hokitika axeman Adam
Lowe won his fifth West Coast
Sportsperson of the Year Award at
the annual dinner at Shantytown,
on Saturday night.
Lowe first won the award in
2008 and again in 2010 and 2011.
He was beaten in 2012 when
the top award went to another
Hokitika athlete, paralympian
Holly Robinson, but won it again
last year.
Lowe cemented his name on
the trophy after an impressive
year, which included becoming
the world title winner with the
New Zealand team in Germany,
and winning the 300mm standing
world title a month later.
At the Sydney Royal Show,
in April, he won the world
championships for the 600mm
double saw and the 375mm
standing event. At the same show
he was also a member of the New
Zealand team that beat Australia
3-0 for the first world series win in
13 years. Lowe also captained the
South Island men’s chopping team.
His only challenger for the West
Coast award was 19-year-old
Hokitika water skier Alex King,
who is ranked No 1 in the world
for the under-21 men’s jump
and ranked 24th in the world for
his sport. King also holds New
Zealand records in various water
skiing disciplines.
The administrator-coach of the
year was Andrea Forrest, who has
played, coached and administered
hockey on the West Coast for 39
years.
The team of the year award was
shared by the West Coast women’s
B hockey team and the West Coast
senior rugby team.
The two awards for achievement
in sport by a man and a woman
were won by Elena De Goldi for
her second place in the novice
bikini short class at the New
Zealand Body Building South
Island Championships, and Robbie
Barrow for his dedication to West
Coast basketball.
West Coast Sports Awards
secretary Sarah van Looy said the
awards evening was a great success
and she had received good reports
from people who supported the
dinner.
COAST SPORTS AWARDS
PICTURE: Ben Aulakh
West Coast Sports Awards winners — Robbie Barrow, left, Robert Thomson, Elena De Goldi, Catriona Haines, Adam Lowe, Troy Tauwhare
and Andrea Forrest.
Lowe wins fifth top sportsman title
ALL BLACKS
Cruden could
remain on outer
PICTURE: Ben Aulakh
West Coast winger Regan Stanton dots down for the second of the team’s tries, caught by Thames Valley winger
Caleb Brown.
COAST RUGBY
Coast finishes with a win
Flower faces lengthy ban after attack on Hohaia
LEAGUE
Daniel Richardson
Nine words was all
Ernie Merrick needed.
“ If you don’t score
goals, you don’t win
games,” the Wellington
Phoenix coach said after
he watched his side lose
their opening game of
the season 2-1 to the
Perth Glory in the capital
yesterday.
It felt eerily similar to
last season’s A-League
campaign; Wellington
dominated patches of the
match and looked sharp
in the process but when
it came to the crunch
they lacked a killer touch
in the front third and it
came back to hurt them.
There was a goalmouth
scramble mid-way
through the first half
which didn’t fall the
Phoenix’s way, then
striker Nathan Burns had
a regulation one-on -one
with Perth custodian
Danny Vukovic but
Vukovic made the save.
Then the Phoenix
were blindsided as Andy
Keogh put Perth ahead
1-0 in the 32nd minute.
There was another
similarity to last season
too, the ball was given
away by a Phoenix
fullback and their
usually-rock-solid centre
backs, Ben Sigmund and
Andrew Durante, were
caught out again.
Wellington finally
evened things up in the
second spell but Glory
replacement Jamie
Maclaren pounced on a
loose Vince Lia pass and
found the winner with
only a few minutes left.
“ I’m really disappointed
we didn’t at least get a
draw out of it,” Merrick
said. “I would have liked
to have won so I’m pretty
deflated. But it ’s the first
game of the season and it
was probably more ner vy
than I expected them to
be. ”
Merrick has a point.
It is only the first game
of the new campaign,
so it would be unfair to
write the Phoenix off
as also-rans but one of
the concerns about their
roster heading in to the
season was their lack of a
genuine striker up top.
Jeremy Brockie is a
fine player but has rarely
asserted himself in that
role under Merrick.
Brockie played in the
centre of the front
three against Perth and
although he had his
moments in the first
spell, he didn’t offer the
side enough.
Of Wellington’s five
new recruits that started
the game, Roly Bonevacia
and Alex Rodriguez
looked the best, while
Michael McGlinchey
was fairly well contained,
although his goal came
via a smooth finish,
courtesy of a Burns cross.
Left back Tom Doyle
had a decent outing but it
was the rookie’s failure to
clear the ball that led to
Perth’s first goal.
“I think if I was the
home team I’d probably
feel a little hard done by,”
Perth coach Kenny Lowe
said.
“ Maybe in the balance,
people can say we are
fortunate but I’ll take
fortunate every single
week.”
Lowe said Merrick’s
men had potential.
“ I think this was one
of the best Wellington
teams I’ve seen,” Lowe
said.
“They’ve got some
super footballers. They’ll
hurt some teams this
year and the quality of
football they play is very,
very good.” — APNZ
FOOTBALL
Merrick sums up
loss succinctly
Brisbane
Australian Canoeing
says London Olympics
kayak gold medallist
Tate Smith has been
provisionally suspended
pending an investigation
by the Australian Sports
Anti-Doping Authority.
Chief executive Greg
Doyle issued a statement
saying Australian
Canoeing is aware of
media reports about
Smith, who was a
member of the Australian
team that won the K4
event in L ondon in 2012.
If Smith is found guilty
of breaching the World
Anti-Doping Agency
code, he would reportedly
become the first
Australian gold medallist
to be banned for using
performance-enhancing
drugs.
Brisbane’s Courier
Mail newspaper said the
32-year-old Smith tested
positive for a banned
substance during a
training camp in Hungary
in July. The newspaper
said Smith could lose
his London medal and
faces a two-year ban
which would prevent him
defending his title in Rio
de Janiero.
The Courier Mail
quoted a spokesperson
as saying the Australian
Olympic Committee is
“aware of the investigation
and we are following it
closely.” Smith had not
returned its phone calls
and ASADA had issued
a statement saying it
was unable to discuss
operational matters.
Doyle said Australian
Canoeing “is unable to
make any comment.”
— AAP
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